Finished reading 1/12/26 This was a hard mini-review to write, because I'm reluctant to say how much I disliked this book...while also giving it the same attention I've devoted to any Tom Clancy or Mick Herron novel. Maybe I wanted to like it.
Finished reading January 9, 2026 Please excuse the huge size of the book cover on the web version of this page. I can't figure out how to make the feature illustration smaller. Maybe next time... There are two cheats here: first of all, I started reading this in
2025 wasn't a stellar year for reading, but I did read stuff! As usual, there were too many re-reads, but some very pleasing new (to me) stuff as well. Though I quit tracking my reading in 2023 and 2024, I gave it another try by trying to remember
It’s Thursday, September 4, and yes, that’s me with a copy of my book in my hand. I received the author copy of my paperback from Amazon yesterday. This is an entirely new experience for me. For the first time ever, I’m holding a book I wrote
As I start this, it is Monday, September 1, 2025, Labor Day in the US. I started my self-publishing adventure (and it is an adventure) last Friday, and I’ve been making progress. I’ve also gotten myself thoroughly entrenched in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on my Nintendo Switch 2,
I’m about to embark on an adventure, and if I don’t get too distracted or lazy, I will document a bit of it. The adventure is self-publishing. This is a journey I’ve already started, but it’s close to getting serious. It’s already cost serious money
A few months ago I shared my novel The Immortal Remains with a friend. The novel was in the midst of being serialized and was pretty much in final form, after starting it about 11 years ago. She was at first reluctant to read it, since she'd read
This is just a message to let my readers (Hello? Anyone?) know that the blog is not dead, just quiet. I'm working on a couple of different things that are taking a lot of my attention, besides the normal life stuff (working, eating, sleeping). I intend to have
earworms
Hey, earworms are back! I’m not sure whether to celebrate or not. Today I woke up with Sia’s “Fire Meet Gasoline” running through my head. Seems like an appropriate choice, since things seem to be going up in flames all around us. As with so much else, I
It came to my attention that I didn’t include a link to the serialized The Immortal Remains in my last post. You can find all 63 episodes free at https://leehauser.substack.com or at Medium (paywalled) at https://lee-232.medium.com.
I’ve finished the serial publication of my novel The Immortal Remains, and I’m not sure I’ll ever do that again. It’s not that I think there’s anything wrong with serial publication. In fact, I’m in the middle of serializing another novel, Pas De Deux,
My relationship with AI is complicated. First of all, generally speaking, I don’t like it. I think it is overhyped. I think AI companies have stolen copyrighted material for training their models without compensating the rights holders. I think AI companies are overvalued and are spending too much money